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Bowmanville is a residential neighborhood located in the northern section of Chicago’s Lincoln Square community area. The community is home to over 1500 residential households, and a small but thriving industrial corridor. The neighborhood boundaries are Ravenswood Avenue, Foster Avenue, Western Avenue and Rosehill Cemetery.

Welcome to the Bowmanville Community Organization Web site. Browse the various menu links above for information about our community and ways to get involved and engaged with your neighbors.

The Bowmanville Community Organization(BCO) is the community’s officially recognized Chicago Neighborhood Organization. It is run by a volunteer group committed to maintaining and improving the quality of life for Bowmanville residents. Since its inception in 1987 the BCO has contributed to a solid foundation of community service and neighborliness. The BCO’s purpose is to facilitate communication within the community and with local officials and other organizations to ensure that the interests of the members of the community are being addressed. Check our latest community newsletter, The BEE or the BCO Facebook page for a peak into the latest happenings in our community.

By joining the BCO, your $20 annual membership will support programming and outreach for your community. Support your community!

Happy Hour Is the Best Hour!
Join neighbors at a local watering hole to connect and unwind. Check Facebook and the BCO Calendar for upcoming locations as they are announced

New BCO Board MembersThe BCO is excited to announce the board appointments made at the November board meeting. These four volunteers will be ratified at the open meeting of the BCO membership on Dec. 14, and will fill mid-term openings on the BCO Board of Directors. The term for the current BCO Board of Directors extends through October 2018.

President: Mona Yaeger, a BCO board member of several years and past/current membership chair

Vice President: Ann Scholhamer, a BCO board member of several years and past summer social chair

We also welcome to two new board members filling open seats: Alexandre Schleider of 2000 Berwyn block and Ron Galant of 2200 Farragut block. If you have any questions, please contact comm@bcochicago.org ASAP.

Bowmanville Summer Social (Saturday, August 11, 2018 — 1-6pm)The Bowmanville Summer Social is a fun street festival that brings together the whole Bowmanville community every summer to spend time with old friends in the neighborhood while providing the opportunity to meet new ones. There will be plenty for the kids (think firetruck, water slides and games) along with music, food and other beverages for everyone to enjoy. The event is held in the community space along Bowmanville Avenue between Leavitt and Oakley.

Community Outreach

We have formalized a process to encourage community members or groups with Bowmanville ties to suggest outreach projects that might be meaningful to Bowmanville residents and the Bowmanville Community Organization. If you have a project idea you’d like the BCO to consider please fill out and submit this BCO Community Outreach Support Request. Recent examples of things we have supported are the BCO Amundsen Arts Thank You campaign and the Balmoral Nursing Home outreach.

BCO Phone line

We know safely accessible green space is important to our community. We’ve heard it from neighbors and have seen it in the energetic response to our community gardening and greenspace initiatives over the years. The Gateway Garden Preservation & Expansion campaign is a major initiative of the BCO. Your support is important!